Should I Buy An Older Travel Trailer?
I'm looking at purchasing a travel trailer and have noticed that they seem to run pretty inexpensive on Craigslist. I'm wondering if this is worth looking into? I've mentioned elsewhere that I'd li...
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Buying a trailer for refurbishing is at best a labor of love. You do it because you like doing such things.
It may or may not be true that they built them better back then. But they also have been aging all the while. It is no different than buying that a “vintage” truck. I will take my 2010 F-150 E-boost over my 1972 F-150 any day.
The DW and I found several good 6 to 8 year old TTs. They were used but not abused so to speak. The biggest issue was they weighed too much.
We settled on a three year old Dutchmen.
It may or may not be true that they built them better back then. But they also have been aging all the while. It is no different than buying that a “vintage” truck. I will take my 2010 F-150 E-boost over my 1972 F-150 any day.
The DW and I found several good 6 to 8 year old TTs. They were used but not abused so to speak. The biggest issue was they weighed too much.
We settled on a three year old Dutchmen.
